PIIVeC Technical Vector Control Advisory Group Meeting, 4th and 5th December 2018
The first annual PIIVeC’s TVCAG meeting in Cameroon was held at the Monastère Notre Dame des Bénédictins of the Mont Fébé in Yaoundé, from the 4th to the 5th December 2018. Stakeholders from various Ministers (Public Health, Scientific Research, Agriculture and Livestock’s), research centres, universities and NGOs (VESTERGAARD, CPAC..), involved in vector-borne diseases control, have successfully being brought together. Many of them appreciated the PIIVeC initiative, took advantage to establish contacts and advocated for the sustainability of the initiative. The Ministry of Public Health stakeholders were fully involved with the opening and closing ceremonies done respectively by the Director of operational Research and the Director of Health promotion, and a session chaired by the Deputy Director of Disease Control. Also, Permanent secretaries in charge of malaria, filariasis, trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis programs attended the meeting.
16 Jan 2019